UANI Applauds House Foreign Affairs Committee for "Nuclear Iran Prevention Act," Urges Passage

 

We applaud Committee Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel for introducing this legislation, and strongly urge Congress to pass it into law. If enacted, the act would further pressure the Iranian regime by blacklisting more sectors of the Iranian economy, strengthening shipping sanctions, and taking even more Iranian crude off the market.

 

We call on U.S. lawmakers to continue to pursue stronger and more comprehensive sanctions against Iran. Now is the time for a complete economic blockade of the Iranian regime, with the exception of food and humanitarian aid. The U.S. and the international community must use all available leverage to economically pressure Iran, and force the regime to decide between a nuclear weapon or a functioning economy.

 

UANI has long called for a full economic blockade on the Iranian regime. In May 2012 testimony to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ambassador Wallace stated that: "The time for half-measures and exceptions is over. We must commit ourselves to imposing a complete economic blockade."

Click here to view UANI model legislation: The Economic Blockade of Iran Act.